Social and other specific services – public contracts
Contract award notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Aberdeenshire Council
Woodhill House, Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB16 5GB
UK
Contact person: Claire Scott
Telephone: +44 1467533371
E-mail: claire.j.scott@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
NUTS: UKM50
Internet address(es)
Main address: http://www.aberdeenshire.gov.uk
Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00231
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Regional or local authority
I.5) Main activity
General public services
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
2021 Social Care - Framework agreement for the provision of Support at Home Services in Aberdeenshire
Reference number: Project 19596
II.1.2) Main CPV code
85300000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
Aberdeenshire Council on behalf of the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership require to tender for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Support at Home Services for people who meet eligibility criteria aged 16 years and over with a range of needs, who require assistance through support to live independently and to develop, regain or retain their daily living skills, through provision of personal care, personal support and/or housing support, providing the right care and support in the right place. The requirement is for the provision of support at home services in supported accommodation. Support will include personal care, housing support, and social care. The services will be provided to adults with moderate, substantial and critical levels of need linked to eligibility criteria that are principal house-holders in tenancies in a range of settings that include dispersed single occupancy properties; shared tenancies; houses of multiple occupation; and core and cluster, project-based and extra-care model resources.
There is a requirement for low level visiting support for over 2000 adults in the community. The commissioned Support at Home service works alongside Aberdeenshire Council’s in-house Care at Home service to support the needs of individuals assessed as requiring services to continue to live as independently as possible in their own homes.Support at home services will be registered with the Care Inspectorate as Support Services – Care at Home and/or Housing Support Services; and compliance with Health and Social Care Standards is required.
Services will be commissioned under flexible and responsive, co-produced contractual arrangements that are outcome-focused.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
159 700 000.00
GBP
II.2) Description
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
85300000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM50
Main site or place of performance:
Aberdeenshire
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
Aberdeenshire Council on behalf of the Aberdeenshire Health and Social Care Partnership require to tender for a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Support at Home Services for people who meet eligibility criteria aged 16 years and over with a range of needs, who require assistance through support to live independently and to develop, regain or retain their daily living skills, through provision of personal care, personal support and/or housing support, providing the right care and support in the right place.This procurement seeks to support strategic commissioning that delivers effective and efficient services that respond to increasing demand, reducing budgets and demographic and policy changes. Services will be commissioned under flexible and responsive, co-produced contractual arrangements that are outcome-focused.Support at home services will be registered with the Care Inspectorate as Support Services – Care at Home and/or Housing Support Services; and compliance with Health and Social Care Standards is required.
The Services will be delivered with an enabling ethos to enable people to establish, remain in, or return to, their own homes, living as independently as possible and to achieve and maintain or increase their potential in relation to physical, intellectual, emotional and social capacity, whilst improving experiences within their own communities and supporting improvement to their quality of life, confidence and experiences.
The services will be provided for people with a range of needs including, older people, people with a learning disability, people with mental health problems, people with physical disabilities, autistic people, people with sensory impairment and people with substance misuse problems.
The service will include low level visiting support for whom the primary client group is older people; and intensive support to adults in designated accommodation-based support services for whom the primary client group is adults with learning disabilities.
Providers will be encouraged to offer innovative and alternative ways of supporting people to achieve individual outcomes through affordable and effective service delivery mechanisms, and where appropriate the use of technological interventions.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.3) Information about a framework agreement
The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement
IV.1.11) Main features of the award procedure:
Stage 1: assessment of Responses to the SPD (Scotland), in the Qualification Envelope, in order to select the Tenderers to be taken forward to stage 2. Tenderers will only be taken forward to stage 2 if the Council determines that they have sufficient capacity and capability to deliver the contract.
Stage 2 – Award:
Responses to the Technical and Commercial envelopes will be evaluated weighted Technical - quality criteria 90% and Commercial - price criteria 10%
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2021/S 000-022062
Section V: Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
28/02/2022
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 35
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 21
Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 35
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 35
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Community Integrated Care
2000 Academy Park
Glasgow
G51 1PR
UK
Telephone: +44 1414199401
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Inspire partnership through life
Beach Boulevard
Aberdeen
AB24 5HP
UK
Telephone: +44 1224576853
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cornerstone
centurion court
Aberdeen
AB11 5QH
UK
Telephone: +44 7790897083
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Penumbra
57 Albion Road
Edinburgh
EH7 5QY
UK
Telephone: +44 1314752380
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Affinity Trust
1 St Andrew's Court, Wellington Street
Thame
OX93WT
UK
Telephone: +44 184426800
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
VSA
38 Castle Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5YU
UK
Telephone: +44 1224358632
NUTS: UKM5
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mears Supported Living Scotland
Dumyat Technology Centre, Alva Industrial Estate
Alva
FK12 5DW
UK
Telephone: +44 1707290168
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Nova Payroll Management Services Ltd TA Pin Point Health & Homecare
Axewel House
Duntson
NE31 1ND
UK
Telephone: +44 1912615205
NUTS: UKC22
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
The Richmond Fellowship Scotland
3 Buchanan Gate, Cumbernauld Road
Stepps
G33 6FB
UK
Telephone: +44 1417796300
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Allied Health Services Limited trading as Allied Healthcare
8 Tiger Court, Kings Business Park
Prescot
L34 1BH
UK
Telephone: +44 1785237528
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sacro
29 Albany Street, Edinburgh
Edinburgh
EH1 3QN
UK
Telephone: +44 1316247290
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cera Care Operations (Scotland) Limited
Limetree House, North Castle Street
Alloa
FK10 1EX
UK
Telephone: +44 7590486792
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Enable Scotland (Leading the Way)
Inspire House, 3 Renshaw Place
Motherwell
ML14UF
UK
Telephone: +44 7765118025
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Real Life Options
David Wandless House, A1 Business Park, Knottingley Road
Knottingley
WF11 0BU
UK
Telephone: +44 1977781805
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Living Ambitions Ltd
56 Southwark Bridge Road
London
SE1 0AS
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Sense Scotland
43 Middlesex Street
Glasgow
G41 1EE
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Archway
71 Westburn Road
Aberdeen
AB25 2SH
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Aberness Care Ltd
Pavilion 3, Kingseat Business Park, Newmachar
Aberdeen
AB21 0AZ
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Venture Support & Care Ltd
Unit 4, Maud Village Trust, Old Mart Site,, Market Street, Maud, Peterhead
Aberdeenshire
AB42 4NP
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Jon Fleming Group LTD
100 BRAND STREET
GLASGOW
G51 1DG
UK
Telephone: +44 7479841052
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Specialist Resource Solutions
Waterton Grange
Aberdeen
AB21 9HX
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
My Care (Grampian) Limited
2 Golden Square
Aberdeen
AB10 1RD
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Scottish Autism
Hilton House, Whins Road
Alloa
FK10 3SA
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Transitions Care Ltd
Unit 18, Netherton Business Centre
Kemnay
AB51 5LX
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Deafblind Scotland
1 Neasham Drive
Glasgow
G663FA
UK
NUTS: UKM81
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Milltown Community Ltd
Milltown Community, Arbuthnott
LAURENCEKIRK
AB30 1PB
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Crossroads Caring Scotland
24 George Square
glasgow
G2 1EG
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Eildon Support Services
Eildon House, 39 High Street
Inverness
IV1 1HT
UK
NUTS: UKM
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Ann Inspired Care Ltd
Westpoint house
Westhill
AB32 6FJ
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Paramount Care Aberdeen
Suite 4 Westhill Shopping Centre, Westhill
Aberdeenshire
AB32 6RL
UK
NUTS: UKM50
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Capercaillie Care Limited
Building HI, Hill of Rubislaw, Anderson Drive
Aberdeen
AB15 6BL
UK
NUTS: UK
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
Lowest offer:
19.07
GBP
/ Highest offer:
19.55
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
SPD Questions. Please note
Question 4B.4 – Financial Assessment of Providers
1.The Council shall obtain a Creditsafe credit check and will score bidders accordingly:
71 - 100 Very Low Risk – Accept
51 - 70 Low Risk - Accept
30 - 50 Moderate Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject.
21-29 High Risk – subject to further discussion internally with the option to reject.
1-20 Very High Risk – Reject.
2. Please state current turnover (if contract value is over 50% of reported turnover, further discussion will be had internally with the option to reject).
3. If you are under no obligation to publish accounts on Companies House and/or do not have a comprehensive credit rating then provide audited financial accounts for the previous two years. Both quick and current ratios should be a minimum of 1:1.5 for the two successive years. Bidders whose ratios do not meet the minimum criteria will be rejected.
Bidders who can provide audited accounts but chose not to do so shall be rejected.
4. Bidders who have been trading for less than one year and cannot provide audited accounts must submit the cash flow for the current year and a letter from the bank outlining the current cash and credit position for the current year and subsequent year. This will be subject to internal discussion with the option to reject.
5. If bidder still does not meet the financial criteria for consideration but has a parent company that does, the firm may still be eligible for consideration where their submission is supported by a parent company guarantee.
4.B.5 Insurance
It is a requirement of this contract that bidders hold, or can commit to obtain prior to the commencement of any subsequently awarded contract, the types and levels of insurance indicated below:
Employer’s Liability Insurance = 10m
Public Liability Insurance = 5m
The Council may choose to admit additional providers during the framework term.
Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015
(SC Ref:685954)
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Aberdeen Sheriff Court
53 Castle Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5BB
UK
Telephone: +44 1224657200
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
Aberdeen Sheriff Court
53 Castle Street
Aberdeen
AB11 5BB
UK
Telephone: +44 1224657200
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
07/03/2022